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FamousLocations: Find Out Where Movies Were Filmed

If you ever wonder where your favorite TV shows or movies were filmed, FamousLocations is the place where you can find it out. It is a wiki style website that combines Google Maps with the geographic locations of where movies were filmed. Most of the data (location info, images and videos) on the site was contributed by dedicated community of fans.

where movies were filmed

There are three ways you can search the site:

  1. Search on a map, simply click on any location and the site will display all entries related to that place.
  2. Search by zip code, city, town and area.
  3. Search by movie title, TV show or actor’s name.

Clicking on a particular movie title brings up a page with a list of locations along with the map and related images.

where tv shows are filmed

The site is completely free and there is no registration needed for searching and browsing, the sign up is only required if you are willing to contribute.

Features:

  • Find out where TV shows are filmed.
  • Search site and and browse by clicking a place of interest on Google maps.
  • Contribute to the website by adding info and uploading related images or videos.
  • The site is free and the registration is only required for contributing.
  • Similar site: Filmaps.

Check out FamousLocations @ www.famouslocations.com

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3 Comments

2009-10-04 06:59:05
Peter
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Oops:

Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /indexfl.php/Main on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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2009-10-04 14:00:15
Nat
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Yeah I got the same page!

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2009-10-04 22:09:36
phil miller

Too bad because it looks like a pretty cool idea. I hope they get it up soon.

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